Actuate Corporation is a

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ly traded reporting, analytics and customer communications

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company based in

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, part of the

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and

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. The company’s software is intended for use in the

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s, and

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industries, among others.

History

Actuate Corporation was founded in 1993. The company is known for its creation of the

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Eclipse BIRT business data reporting project launched by the Eclipse Foundation in 2004. BIRT iHub F-Type is a freemium software product released by Actuate on July 10, 2014. In 2015, Actuate Corporation was acquired by

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for approximately $163 million.

Locations

Actuate Corporation had offices across the U.S. and in

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, Fribourg, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.

References

*Actuate acquires legodo ag https://www.constellationr.com/content/actuate-acquires-legodo-ag *Actuate acquires Quiterian http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news16288.htm *Actuate acquires Xenos http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Actuate-Releases-Enhanced-Reporting-Acquires-Xenos-Group-60285.aspx *The story of Actuate's

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